Play video content EXCLUSIVE THE HEATED ALTERCATION TMZ.com <strong class="updated-time--strong" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.04em;"> 1:09 PM PT</strong>  -- <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Sources connected to Meek tell us he was already in the store shopping when Nicki and Kenneth came in an approached him.</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> When Kenneth started getting loud, Meek suggested they all have a word in private, but they refused ... according to our sources.</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> We're told Meek wanted to keep things civil, because, as one source put it -- "He's just happy he's in a much better place, personally and professionally, than he was back when he and Nicki were dating."</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Bygones be bygones??</strong>